The Press has been referred to as the Fourth Estate. Irish Statesman and political analyst Edmund Burke was reported to have looked up at the Press Gallery of the British House of Commons, said, 'Yonder sits the Fourth Estate, and they are more important than them all.'" This blog is a created with the aspiration of being a report card of The modern "Fourth Estate".
Unfortunately in a day and age of corporate owned media sources, the rights of the public to have critical current events presented to them is becoming scarce. Too frequently we see the truth altered to suit the needs of the advertisers. Thus was have seen the advent of a modern day "Press Gallery" far more interested in pandering to perspectives of the politicians and the advertisers, than truly speaking"Truth to Power". Thanks to the media consolidation movement begun in the administration of Bill Clinton, we now see a larger share of the media controlled by fewer persons.
This blog is created with the intent to ask the questions that are far too frequently not asked. Too often the answers are not forthcoming that we the people have the right to know because the inconvenient questions are either not asked or they are not fully addressed with probative inquiry.
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